Bitter Flowers

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BITTER FLOWERS:

Based on the noveI

by Gunnar StaaIesen

F***...

Sh*t!

Varg Veum here.

Hi. It's you.

No, you're not interrupting.

AII the way out there?

No, that's fine.

Hi. I'm here to see Mr Hamre.

Okay.

Open your ears wide and Iisten.

We have nothing new.

The girI's been missing for four days.

The rest you'II simpIy have to make up.

Save your breath,

the press won't Iisten.

AII they see is a poIitician.

- Not a mother who's Iost a chiId...

- AII right. What's the Iast update?

- You can go through.

- Thanks.

CouId I get some soup?

None of the neighbours.

No one has seen anything.

She's been taken far off.

Not much more we can do here then.

- You know Isaksen?

- OnIy from reputation. HeIIo.

What's your approach?

Kidnapped because

her mother's a poIitician,

she got Iost - or she ran away?

Take a seat.

You had a case when you were in chiId

weIfare. KjetiI VestIi, a paedophiIe.

TeII me about him.

I onIy know what's in the news.

He grew up here, that's why I'm asking.

- Aren't weIfare fiIes confidentiaI?

- Not aIways.

We have everything but the fiIe

on VestIi. Do you have it?

Who, me?

You didn't happen to take some papers

with you when you quit?

It's the way things go.

Things get Iost, peopIe overIooked.

- You don't say.

- Did you question the famiIy?

- The famiIy is not behind this.

- In most cases, it's the famiIy.

I start regretting

I asked you to come.

I got you out here because you

worked in chiId weIfare.

The investigation we can

handIe ourseIves.

You made me come aII this way just to

ask about some oId chiId weIfare fiIes?

You know how we operate.

- We have a job to do.

- You don't have to do it Iike a cop.

- What?

- You don't have to do it Iike a cop.

My, my. Criticizing the cops...

Tough to take from you!

You Iost that job because you

beat up a drug deaIer?

That's right.

The onIy thing they understand.

Eye to an eye.

For.

Eye foran eye. I'II borrow this.

We can't openIy contradict

our own programme.

I've canceIIed

aII appointments this week.

- Any news about CamiIIa?

- No.

It's the County CounciI.

Can you take it?

Vibeke Farangs teIephone,

how may I heIp?

She cannot come to the phone.

There's been an accident.

We'II issue a press reIease

Iater today. Thanks.

Sorry to troubIe you now,

but we need you to sign this.

Where is it?

- Right here.

- Your job's going weII?

I'm out searching for CamiIIa.

Hamre! Can you take

constructive criticism?

- What kind, did you say?

- Four days, and you've found nothing!

We've checked everywhere

and InterpoI is onto the case.

You need a new approach!

Can't I give you some ideas?

- We work from facts.

- You're fumbIing!

We have compass...

- You know I can deIiver!

- InfideIity cases is your domain!

Isaksen!

Show Veum to the door, wiII you.

It's aII right.

HeIIo there!

What can I do for you?

- You know who I am?

- Vibeke Farang.

Mother to CamiIIa and party Ieader.

What do you want?

I noticed you outside our house.

Do you work for the poIice?

No, I'm independent.

I'II heIp you with your daughter.

A friend of mine... I want you

to find him. Karsten AsIaksen.

He works at NorrIon,

the PVC pIant at HiIIeren.

Okay...

Brd, my husband, is away a Iot,

and Karsten...

- He visits me...

- You don't know where your Iover is?

That's right.

ShouIdn't you rather focus

on your daughter?

You want me to find AsIaksen

and make him get in touch.

Karsten was at my house

the night CamiIIa disappeared.

And now you're afraid that...

...his siIence in some way is reIated

to her disappearance?

I'm actuaIIy trying to find CamiIIa.

- Did you teII this to the poIice?

- No.

When did he Ieave

your house that night?

Sometime around midnight.

- He took my car.

- Why so?

He came by taxi

and waIked the Iast bit.

I aIso ask him not to caII taxis

from my address.

- So he borrows my car.

- Where is it now?

It was returned the next morning.

I can see you're a pro.

You understand why

I want to be discreet?

HeIIo, Line.

Give this to my dad.

This man over there,

he was asking for Karsten.

- Can I heIp you?

- I'm Iooking for Karsten AsIaksen.

Yes, I know him.

What is it about?

I'm Varg Veum.

His next of kin asked me to find him.

Trygve Schrder OIsen.

- How do you know him?

- I'm a private investigator.

- A detective!

- Hang on!

- What's this?

- A detective Iooking for Karsten.

- Has something happened to him?

- I'm just trying to Iocate him.

I'II deaI with this.

You can open the meeting.

HeIIo. Odin Schrder OIsen.

Varg Veum.

PIease...

So, right... We've not seen

Karsten for a few days.

Nothing unusuaI. He has a radicaI

definition of working hours.

He works very hard.

Then he conks out.

Did you try his mobiIe?

- No repIy.

- That's not so unusuaI.

When was he here Iast?

Perhaps a week ago.

How about your pIant...

Perhaps he's there?

NormaIIy, yes. But not now.

- Are you sure?

- Yes, I'm quite sure. Right...

Now, if you'II excuse me, I have

an important meeting.

Anyone home...? Karsten?

Hi, PeIIe. I have a card number here.

CouId you check where it was used Iast?

Kvamskogen Cabin RentaI?

Ok, thanks.

HeIIo...

HeIIo there...

AsIaksen? Karsten!

Karsten?

Damn it...

- What was his name again?

- Karsten AsIaksen. Did he...

- Come on, taIk to me.

- I puIIed him out to give him air.

- You did hoId your breath, I hope.

- Why smash in aII the windows?

- This a crime scene.

- Ask your boss.

He feIt a funny smeII and got nervous.

He actuaIIy has a point.

- Hope you don't Iike the guy.

- The body is moved and gIass broken.

- It does kind of compIicate things.

- Gee, I'm reaIIy sorry!

Hydrocyanide.

Count yourseIf Iucky.

It's a terribIe way to die.

But the site is cIeared, we can go in.

And where are you going?

Won't you Iet me go in?

I found the body!

Are you working here, or did you

just happen to stop by?

Is AsIaksen aII of a sudden

a good friend of yours?

AsIaksen's empIoyer hired me.

NorrIon, a PVC pIant.

Hi.

Come on, Iet me in.

I risked my neck in there!

Good morning, it's NorrIon.

Ok, thanks.

NorrIon did not hire you.

And you've paid them a visit, too.

CouId you pIease teII me

why you are here?

- Car keys, pIease.

- Are you serious?

Hamre... Cut it out.

You know you can't question me.

Your car was parked on a site

where we found a dead body.

So how am I supposed to get home?

You know we couId

do this quite differentIy.

- Give me a reason for heIping you.

- It's soIved. He did it himseIf.

- You don't beIieve that!

- He had a PhD in chemistry.

Hamre, you know what?

One day...

...I'II surprise you. And hand you

the soIution on a siIver pIatter.

- They pay you weII, huh?

- WeII enough.

- Enjoy the waIk...

- Thank you.

I want to report a car theft.

Yes, my own car. Right in front of me,

coming down from Kvamskogen.

Who found the body?

This private investigator guy.

- Do we have any of those in Bergen?

- ApparentIy we do.

Did the poIice say anything more?

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